 Genius Meanings
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Lana Del Rey – The greatest
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On “The greatest,” Lana Del Rey expresses extreme nostalgia for relationships, places, and the music industry of the past in the light of the chaos of the present. In the lyrics
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Lana Del Rey – The Next Best American Record
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“The Next Best American Record” was originally meant to appear on Del Rey’s fifth studio album Lust for Life but now takes the shape of the tenth track on her 2019 album Norman
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Lana Del Rey – Love song
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“Love song” is an ode to Del Rey’s romantic partner. The lyrics encompass several hallmarks of a classical LDR song, with plenty of references to fast cars, being famous, looking
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Lana Del Rey – Norman fucking Rockwell
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The title track of Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album speaks about an immature, pretentious poet. There’s a link to this song on “Venice Bitch,” the second song released from the
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Lana Del Rey – Video Games
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Considered Lana Del Rey’s breakthrough hit, “Video Games” served as the first single off the artist’s wildly successful sophomore studio album and major label debut, Born to Die
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Lana Del Rey – Fuck it I love you
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“Fuck it I love you” is the fifth single from Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!.
This song is a summer anthem that incorporates the frequent gloomy
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Lana Del Rey – hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it
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“hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it” is the third single and closing track from Lana’s sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!. The single
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Lana Del Rey – Wild at Heart
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In “Wild At Heart”, Lana explores the freedom and nature of being wild and with her lover. The song title might be a reference to David Lynch’s 1990 cult classic film Wild at Heart
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Lana Del Rey – Break My Fall
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“Break My Fall” is an unreleased demo by Lana Del Rey recorded sometime in 2010 that leaked in 2012. It was written by Del Rey for Diana Vickers to appear on her 2013 album “Music
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Lana Del Rey – Happiness is a butterfly
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The title of track 13 from Norman Fucking Rockwell! is inspired by American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, who once said:
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always
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Lana Del Rey – Old Money
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“Old Money” is a ballad on Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence. It is melodically based on “What Is A Youth” in the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet.
“Old Money” is probably one of the
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Lana Del Rey – Dark But Just a Game
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“Dark But Just a Game” begins with a quote from the song’s producer, Jack Antonoff, leading us into the subject of the song; the tragedy many stars face. By playing your cards
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Lana Del Rey – JFK
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JFk is an unreleased track by Lana Del Rey that was recorded in 2012 and leaked in 2013. It is likely an outtake for Paradise.
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Lana Del Rey – White Dress
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On “White Dress,” Lana reflects on her simpler life before fame, and wonders if it would be best if she never had fame in the first place. Her disillusionment with the music
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Lana Del Rey – Best American Record
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“Best American Record”, also known as “Architecture”, was originally meant to appear on Del Rey’s fifth studio album Lust for Life. The final version appears on Lana’s sixth studio
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Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch
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“Venice Bitch” is the second single off Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!. It was written with and produced by Jack Antonoff. The title can be heard in the
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Lana Del Rey Addresses Kanye West’s Politics & The Hawaii Nuclear Scare On “The Greatest”
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“Kanye West is blond and gone.”
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Lana Del Rey – Mariners Apartment Complex
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“Mariners Apartment Complex” is the first single from Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell!. It’s the first of two tracks, along with “Venice Bitch,” released
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Lana Del Rey – Cinnamon Girl
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In “Cinnamon Girl,” Lana Del Rey expresses conflicted feelings about an intense and possibly unhealthy relationship, while begging her love interest to nurture her instead of
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The Oscars After-Party That Inspired Lana Del Rey’s “Dark But Just A Game”
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“Something happened, kind of situation like—never meet your idols.”
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Genius Traductions françaises – Lana Del Rey - The greatest (Traduction Française)
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[Couplet 1] / Long Beach me manque et tu me manques, bébé / Dancer avec toi me manque le plus / Le bar où les Beach Boys iraient me manque / Le dernier arrêt de Dennis avant Kokomo
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Lana Del Rey – Fordham Road
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“Fordham Road” is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It is speculated to have been recorded in 2005 and it leaked on October 11, 2012. Lyrically, the song refers to Lana walking
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Lana Del Rey – National Anthem
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The concept of this song seems to involve Lana expressing her feelings for two distinct lovers, alluding to the life and death of President John F. Kennedy and the love triangle in
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Lana Del Rey – California
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“California” is the ninth track on Norman Fucking Rockwell!.
The lyrics are scattered with romance, regret, nostalgia and personal references to an unnamed person that Del Rey has
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Lana Del Rey – Doin' Time
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Lana Del Rey’s “Doin' Time” is a cover of the American band Sublime’s 1996 song of the same name, which itself is a cover of Summertime from the opera Porgy & Bess.
As explained
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Lana Del Rey – Hundred Dollar Bill
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‘'Hundred Dollar Bill’‘ is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. The song is an outtake from the Born to Die album.
The final version of the song was produced by Jayson DeZuzio and
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Lana Del Rey – Bartender
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In January 2018, before making it onto Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Del Rey told Pitchfork about this song’s existence, as well as saying she wanted to make a music video for it:
I’
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Lana Del Rey – A&W
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“A&W” is a 7-minute rant track that splits into two sections with Lana narrating an anecdote that begins in her innocent childhood and climbs through her adulthood, where she
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Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
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“Born to Die” is described by Lana Del Rey as a “homage to true love and a tribute to living life on the wild side.” To quote Chelsea Hodson from New York Times, “In [Lana’s
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Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful
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From the soundtrack for the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby. The song was also featured in the second trailer released for the film, and used throughout the film as a motif
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Lana Del Rey – Tropico
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Tropico is a short film “based on the Biblical story of sin and redemption”, starring Lana Del Rey as Eve and Shaun Ross as Adam.
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Lana Del Rey – How to disappear
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In “How to disappear” Lana describes her mixed feelings and how this guy seems incapable of expressing his own.
Del Rey said the song was one of the last ones to be written for
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Lana Del Rey – Beautiful
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[Verse 1] / Let's keep it simple, babe / Don't make it complicated / Don't tell me to be glad when I'm sad / I really hate that / I try not to be bad / Eccentricity's holding me
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Lana Del Rey – Freak
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On “Freak”, Lana Del Rey invites her lover for slow dancing and passionate love in California. With echoed vocals and flowing instrumentals, the track was described by Lana as “
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Lana Del Rey - The greatest (Traducción al Español)
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En “The greatest”, Lana Del Rey expresa una nostalgia extrema por relaciones, lugares y la industria musical del pasado. Fue el sexto sencillo del sexto álbum de estudio de Lana
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Lana Del Rey – Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight
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‘'Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight’‘ is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. The song was written for her debut album, Born to Die but later scrapped. The song was later pitched to
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Lana Del Rey – Violets for Roses
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“Violets For Roses” is the 8th track on Del Rey’s second album for 2021, Blue Banisters.
The song describes a situation in which Del Rey’s lover gets in between her and her dreams
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Nat "King" Cole – Nature Boy
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Nat King Cole’s first solo hit – in 1948, where it reached the top of the chart and stayed there for 8 weeks.
The song writer – eden ahbez (he insisted that his name will not be
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Lorde – The Louvre
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“The Louvre” continues the euphoric narrative of excitement with Lorde’s relationship with her new crush, as established by preceding track “Homemade Dynamite.” Themes of obsession
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Lana Del Rey – Prom Song (Gone Wrong)
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“Prom Song (Gone Wrong) is an unreleased song recorded by Lana Del Rey and produced by Nexus in 2010. It leaked on October 4th, 2012.
Lana speaks about her teenage boyfriend and
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Lana Del Rey – Dark Paradise
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Insiders claim that “Dark Paradise” was not written for an ex-boyfriend, but for her boyfriend that died a couple of years prior.
Lana Del Rey once again declares her undying love
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Nessa Barrett – american jesus
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“american jesus” reveals a more joyful side to Barrett, as it dives into desire and devotion with a partner. Throughout the track, Barrett sings about the fantasy of being saved by
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